Annedore Leber
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18 March 1904
Annedore Leber | |
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 Leber (1949) | |
| Born | Annedore Rosenthal 18 March 1904 Wilmersdorf, German Empire |
| Died | 28 October 1968 (aged 64) West Berlin, West Germany |
| Resting place | Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Germany |
| Other political affiliations | Kreisau Circle |
| Movement | German resistance to Nazism |
| Spouse | |
Annedore Leber (née Rosenthal; 18 March 1904 – 28 October 1968) was a German journalist and politician who was involved in the German resistance to Nazism.
Annedore Rosenthal was born on 18 March 1904, the daughter of school teacher[1] Georg Rosenthal and his wife Auguste Rosenthal (née Bauch).[2] Rosenthal herself did not attend school, and was instead homeschooled by her father.[2] In 1922, she passed her abitur as an external pupil at either a school in Rudolstadt,[2] or in Lübeck.[3]
She began studying law in 1922, but did not complete her studies. Instead she worked as an apprentice in a tailor's shop, eventually passing the master's examination in 1935.[1]
Marriage and persecution
In 1927, she married Julius Leber (taking his surname) and became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).[1] The couple had two children. Julius Leber, a prominent member of the German resistance to Nazism, was imprisoned in 1933 and spent several years in various prisons and concentration camps. Annedore Leber moved with her children to Berlin and after her master's examination ran a tailor's shop while she tried to secure her husband's release.[2]
